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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-18
Improvement of Poultry.

The introduction of fresh blood into the
stock of fowls kept on the farm is quite
as beneficial, in its way, as it is in the
swine herd. Keeping the best cockerels
produced on the farm from year to
year tends to reduce the size, strength
of muscle and general stamina. In the
hands of the expert, who is trying to
establish a strain or characteristic,
close in-breeding serves a good pur-
pose; but it has so many dangers that,
for all common practice, it should be
carefully avoided. A setting of eggs
can be cheaply secured from some one
who keeps the same breed as your own,
and enough cockerels raised to furnish
all needed the next year! Or cockerels
can be bought, care being taken to Sc
lect such stock as are hardy, as well as
suitable in other respects. - Prairie
Farmer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-18
HUMOROUS.
Why arrest the man who steals
from the bottom of pile of cloth?
Undertaking is perfectly lawful.

from the bottom of pile of cloth?
Undertaking is perfectly lawful.
"A Pestiferous Gnat.-
One day pestiferous gnat ::
Annoyed young damsel who gsat 3.
Perusing book
In a sweet woodland nook,
But she squelched him at last with her CHAT
Boston Courier.
Gallant He insinuatingly) =
"This pattern will suit your complex
ion exactly, madam She (anxious-
ly)-"Will it wrinkle?" He injured
ly)-'I said it would suit your COM
plexion, my dear madam. lid Bits.
Omaha Dame-"Well, Dick, did
you have nice time sleighing with Sis
ter Nell and Mr.. Nicefellow?" Little
Dick-''Not very. Sister was so afraid
that I'd get Group that she kept me
down under the buffalo. robe, and I
couldn't see thing. Omaha World
A Vassar graduate out in the coun-
try went into the stable of a farm
house. "Dear me, how close the poor
COWS are crowded together" she re-
marked. eyes, ma'am, but we have
to do it, "Why sop ''To get con-
densed milk. ''--Analyst.
=" Orlando, I didn't see you with
Miss Brown at the concert last night. !"
mo, Percy, I'm not calling on her any
more. I can't until she retracts what
she said the other week." 'sAh-what
did she say?" "Well, she said I
needn't call any more. "-Harpef''s
Bazaar.
-"Isn't it pretty lonesome out in the
country?" he said to the boy whose
parents moved out on farm last fall.
II guess not" was the regly. "Pa
and ma have just as many discussions
as they did in the city, and us children
get licked about the same. "-Detroit
Free Press.
81 don't care!'' exclaimed the
young woman behind the counter when
she heard of the marriage of an ac-
quaintance to rich codger, old enough
to be her father; ''they sheer at me be-
cause I am a saleslady, but I'd rather
be saleslady than a lady that is sold. "
Boston Transcript.
-'Look here" said man this morn
ing, going into his grocer's, "those
eggs you sold me were bad" "Well,
that wasn't my fault ''Whose was
it, then?' Blamed if L know. How
should / tell what was inside of them?
I'm a groceryman; I'm no mind-read-
er. y Washington Critic.
-Stranger-"I notice that these liv-
cried coachmen don wear mustaches.
Native-"Their aristocratic employers
object to mustaches ever since old Mr..
Bondclipper permitted his coachman
to wear an imperial. Two daughters
eloped with him, and old Mrs. Bond
clipper herself followed on the next
train. ''-N. 7, Mail.
-''Hand-painted coal-scuttles have
made their appearance in New York. y
Very esthetic, no doubt; but when a
man goes into dark cellar with a
hand-painted- coal-scuttle and collides
with post, or bumps his head against
joist, his language is apt to be as lurid
and vigorous as if the scuttle were sim
ply daubed with coal tar by machinery.
-NorrtstoWn Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-18

Apple Cream. Peel, core asd cut up
two pounds of apples, and boil them
till quite soft in one quart of water;
rub them through a sieve; mix one
pound of sugar with the strained juice
of two lemonss dissolve three ounces of
red gelatine in little water over a
quick fire; stir the gelatine and lemon
juice in the apples and mix well to-
gether; pour the mixture into mold
and leave it for some hours; then
plunge the mold into boiling water
and turn the cream into a glass dish.
Serve with whipped cream.-Good
Housekeeping.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-18
The very best mulch for

The very best mulch for tender
garden plants is forest leaves, and
quite Independent of their value as a
winter protection they are worth all
the cost Of gathering and drawing for
their beneficial action or the soil -
Cincinnati Tines.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-18

For about eleven years of the hard
est working period of my life, that in
which [ produced my large treatises on
physiology, edited the Medical Quarter
la Revieao, and did great deal of other
literary work, besides lecturing, was
practically total abstainer, though |
never took any pledge.-Dr. ". B.
Carpenter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-18

DIR. Mary Walker is beginning to
show the effects Of age.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Work to be Done.

Three lakes are visible from the gal
Ieries of the Putnam House. and these
bodies of water take the space on the
streets reserved for the use of the citi-
zens for business purposes. They all
stand in that part of the city which pays
the heaviest share of the taxes-they
present an appearance which shames the
town, and they are the seedbeds from
which will rise hereafter the germs of
disease. They should be drained and
filled in Immediately.
Id will he answe cred, the city treasury
is bare. But hundreds of dollars have
been expended in other districts on work
necessary and commendable indeed, but
not urgent as this Property
which pays high taxes is in
iured in appearance, and fact
If money can be expended else
where it should certainly he found for
this purpose. The proprietors of the
Putnam House property have done much
for the town, rs all admits it expected
that they shall take care of the streets
rs Wtits Iht'y nave dlfcttiN Illiei streets
in and put down sidewalks-is ii ex-
pected they shall do everything that is
necessary To keep the ReighborhoOd of
their lot in proper condition? I'm that
hotel steam is kept up during the whole
summer. and water and power is always
ready 10 meet the fret extinguished
the last fire before the engine could
get in its work. Yet the property has
tn pay a heavy water tax, and the city
even refuses To- pay for the wood which
is burned To keep up the power
for the protection of whole neighbor-
hood, and lessons the insurance ON all
the business quarter. Is there any justice
IN this: The town should be as ready to
till in n street rendered impossible by the
presence of water rs to dig out street
where trees and stumps forbid progress
To vehicles. In front of the News Build
ing il a lake-another between the Put
nam House and the First National
Bank-another south of Lemon street on
Front. These nuisances should be sup
pressed among Others ereh If lumber hd,
70 D. purchased for bridges or ferry
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
In n New Character.

When it was charged that e. III. Jones
hat claimed he would dispose of the
Federal patronage in this State when W.
ID. BlOxham became Senator he laughed
and ignored the soft impeachment In
vain was good authority given and
libel suit invited by the Orange County
Reporter: Jones kept silence.
Afterwards he appeared in his true
character and attempted to drown his
accusers in a torrent of vituperation: he
invaded the private life of blameless
citizen and uttered vile innuendoes
impeaching the fair fame of John
@. Sinclair. who had nothing To
do with the controversy and
nothing in common with Jones save that
he also might be- called newcomer
by the author Of a lying letter 10 tn
President.
But now that Jones is convinced by
the production of the proofs he had
called for, he swears all over his paper
yesterday, and even sIrears that Dough-
erty lriH sscear ,rI,eR found
Most of us will remember a convcrsa-
ton after the play in Hamlet:
Hamtet---Nasiam, how like you this play -
Queen-.-rhe badly doth protest too much.
methink ="
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Mrs. Arp and the Signs.

Mrs. Arp knows al the signs. She
does not believe in them, Of course, for
they have fooled her too often, but some
how when the sign bctokens good il seems
to cheer her up, ard she sings around
more happily. / sEeeZed this morning
most heartily, and she said: my nose
itches and the game rooster crowed awhile
ago ON the front steps. Somehow | can Z
help looking for one of the boys
wouldn't he surprised if we had one of
them to supper tonight, and she has been
flying around all day fixing up things a
Iistle better. Poor woman, | am 50 sorry
for her, and sorry for myself, too. Her
older boys are scattered now, and some of
them We rarely see. Ii costs money to
come, and time il precious, and business
is exacting, ami so We have To take com
fort with their letters and try 10 bc CON
tent Ii is hard On the mothers, very
hard: and there should be "A heaven for
the reunion of families if for nothing
more
But all signs fail i'll dry weather and
wet weather, too, and my opinion Is that
the nose knows nothing about il nor the
rooster either, for the boy didn't come,
and Mrs. Arp has been reading some mag
aZine stories ever since She washed the
dishes don't believe she is altogether
out of hope Yet, for little while ago she
said hush" to the children and turned
her ears toward the front gate rs if she
heari something. wish she was rich, Sc
that she could go when she pleased and
see her children and take me along Il
wait on her.-Bill Arp in Atlanta Con
stitution
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Oranges in England.
INTERLACHEN, April

INTERLACHEN, April :. 1887.
Editor of the P,tlatka News;
venture To send YOU the following re-
marks which may be- of interest to- your
readers Four weeks ago l bought "a box
of fine Indian River oranges at the ware
house of Messrs. Hasbrouck & Co., Pa
latka, and shipped them through his
agent TO friends in England. To-day |
heard that they had reached their desti-
nation in perfect condition, save that
seventeen of them had been smashed on
the way. j few days before the arrival
of the Florida fruit, my friends had re-
ceived a large box of Maltese Blood or
:lnges from Malta, and they We're there
fore able To make a comparison between
the two rivals Their decision was that
the Florida oranges We're good, but that
they could not be- compared with the
Maltese BIoods for richness, fine flavor
and scent. In conclusion may mention
that the freight charged on my box from
Palatka to Canterbury, town sixty
miles from London, was S}.75.
Yours truly, +. w. ROLT.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
To sum Up.


Gentlemen of the Legislature. you are
the Jurors in this ease, and you are
sworn To make up Your verdict upon the
evidence alone. What il the evidence :
The statement of one man who has not
only denied that statement and inn
peac he'd his own evidence. but has been
thrice proven a falsifier within the year.
One party to the alleged bargain has
denied the statement, upon which the
allegation is based. The other party
here emphatically and specifically de-
MES the whole charge. Where Is your
evidence: Where II the proof: What
court of Justice would convict any man
upon such testimony
No; we believe the affidavit of Senator
Mann Ia lie true. We believe the atti-
davit of Governor Drew To be true, and
we believe the statement of Governor
BiOFLdm to d. true
What then II the conclusion:
That G.. III. Jones has once more
spoken an untruth, aud has stopped 10
deceit 10 justify himself To his betrayed
colleagues. &. ii. Jones asserted to Colo
mel Pratt. of the Palatka Herald, that
President Cleveland had spoken in most
cOntemptuous terms of Senator Call.
The charge was duly made out. for
wartled To President Cleveland. and
came back. stamped as untrue by the
President himself. G. III. Jones published
a letter accusing Governor Perry of dis
honorable political methods. and asserted
that prominent lawyer of Gainesville
wrote it. Every lawyer in and around
Gainesville denied il. called for the
proofs. and fixed the luminous conviction
of fal~ehooi upon the publisher
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
NIusic's Power Over Idiots.

Ii has been stated that idiots appear TO
most advantage when under the influence
of music, and that there are very few
cases which are unaffected thereby Thus
we are told how "a new life is infused into
these unfortunate persons by the harmony
of sweet sounds; ''all exhibit pleasure;
some move their bodies in time To the air
which is played, others sing after their
own fashion; some even of the most tor
pid when looking ON for some time a. some
Of their less apathetic companions dance,
suddenly become animated, start up and
dance in their own way"
Mr.. Plott, in his History Of Stafford
shire" relates the case of an idiot who,
CHANGING To live within the sound of a
clock, and always amusing himself with
counting the hour Of the day whenever
the clock STRUCK; the clock being spoiled
by accident, the idiot continued to strike
and count the hour without the help of il,
in the same manner ne had done W hen
il was entire. Indeed, IN mental cases
music from the earliest period has been
considered highly efficacious, and il il
recorded how both PytiagUras and Memo
crates cured maniacs by mclodious sounds
Coming down Ia modern times, much has
been written ON the subject, and expert
ments of various kinds made with more OF
less success.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Chicago Has "A Champion.
Atlanta Constitution

Under all the circumstances. the fact
that the literary circles of Chicago are
angry with Mr. Lowell. of Boston. Is not
To be wondered at. but the suborned
newspapers of the East have made it APP
pear that Chicago j. angry because our
late Minister To the Court of St Jeems
undertook to change his lecture from
political To- literary topic. the Inference
being that the scholarly people of that
section prefer hot politics to a dish of
cold literature.
Such in Justice as this is calculated To-
cause a wave of genuine pessimism To
flow over the cultured Anarchists of Chi
cago. 1t l. not to- be wondered at that
there is movement in Chicago that diff
ferentiates itself from the lukewarm out
look common To Boston. But Is Chicago
to be blamed for this : Are we To toler-
ate the idea that every free-bOrn Ameri-
can is to read the same paragraph in the
same book at the same time: Is there to
he no Lakeside originality among US:
The mistake that Mr.. Lowell made
was in surprising that the men who are
able to manufacture genuine leaf lard
out of cottOnseed oil know nothing
about Shakespeare. Such a suppOsiti on
is AN insult To the talents and aspirations
of the wholesale and retail merchants
and manufacturers of Chicago. MIR.
Lowell sailed in ON the superstition that
the great heart of Chicago had no sus-
picions as 10 the authorship of Richard
ILL.," So far from this being the case,
Chicago has hal. and still entertains,
grave suspicious as tn the authorship of
Hamlet"
We are enabled to- say that the cotton
seed oil movement has not entirely
crushed the literary spirit in Chicago.
III Mr.. Lowell is laboring under the i'm
preston that he was pe'ldling any news
that had not already appeared in the
morning papers under suitable head
lines he j. wonderfully mistaken.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

Comparatively few of our State ex-
changes have yet spoken ON the ''affitav-
it's published by THE PALATKA NEWS
ON the ones-Bloxham Bargain" The
Florida Herald is temperate, strong and
hopeful-the Times Union devotes itself
To insinuating swearing and evasive de
nial-the Morning Nelrs is keen, bitter
and despairing ON Bloxham's cha ices
the Gainesville Record is plain and earn
est and confident of Perry success. The
dailies in Sanford and Orlando are either
ignorant a. yet or waiting further devel-
opments, and the Tallahassee weeklies
are non-committal, as seekers of the pub
lie printing should be. THE PALATKA
News gives full particulars of all that
occurs while il is fresh, and is now, a. it
always has been, for Perry rs the supe-
rior, in every respect, of his competitor
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
A Reminiscent Ghost story.

A Eemin ant Ghost story.
After the close of one OF the fights
happened to pass IL point occupied by some
surgeons, and to- which the wounded were
being brought from the field. At the
moment i reached there an ambulance
stopped and wounded man was being
helped 10 the ground. As there seemed
some difficulty in getting him out, | dis
mounted and assisted in lowering him
from the ambulance and laying him on
the ground. As we did so | caught sight
of the wounded mans face, and at once
recognized him as printer named Sewell,
who several years before had been in my
employ in Davenport, Iowa
He was too weak to say anything. The
surgeon examined his wound, and an
nounced that he was shot through the
body, ard that he was mortally wounded,
and could live but few hours at the
most. / staid little while, then babe
him goOd-by, and isft, sending ON his
name in my next letter mortally
wounded
Some four or five years after this Incl
dent, l was going east one night ON Ran
dolph street toward Clark \ trernen-
dOus thunder storm was raging; the rain
fell in floods, and every second or two the
lightning filed the night with a binding
glare. As 1 reached Clark street more
vivid flash than usual lighted up the scene,
aud just at that moment 1 ran against n
man whose face | saw distinctly, and in
stantly recognized as that of the long dead
Sewcll. For moment l was half para
lyzed at this sudden appearance Of the
dead, and then l exclaimed:
lis that YOU, Sewell,''
The dead man answered Yes" in a
tone that indicated life, and passed on IN
the storm and darkness. Twenty years
Int I,t1- lI..1 t., I Nah
and some local journal noticed my arrival
A portly gentleman soon after called, and
in his countenance l had no difficulty in
seeing the old printer, the dying soldier
the CHEST Of the Chicago storm, and one
whom | soon found To DE one of the solid
business men of Nebraska's capital
| ''Poliuto' in Chicago Times
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
THE DauntirsS Three =

The master of vituperation and verbal
filth has met his match at last; his armies
are confronted by Mann, Gore and Drew,
and any calumhy will recoil ON its
author rs will the attack ON john c. Sin
clair:
And from the CHASTITY entrance,
Where those bold Romans stood,
All shrank like boys who, unaware,
Ranging the woods To start hare,
Come TO the mouth of dark lair
Where, growing low, IA fierce old bear,
Stands amid bones ami blood
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

The Times Union found a flaw in our
armor yesterday. but it was only typo
graphical error. Our readers will see
to-day that THE great and good has
broken a solemn promise made only
yesterday for BiOrham did not send the
affidavit as Jones said he trOtId. This
is another. and we predict that Charley
Dougherty's swearing will also be a nong
the missing Our Congressman is Il
virtuous youth and Jones has found So
many missing tourists and missing
sections" that any who know him would
be- surprised did he keep his promises.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

Per Contra.

The letter of Governor Bloxham in re-
ply 10 the atidarits of Governor Drew
and Senator Mann is entitled to respect
full consideration, and we gladly give it
space as we find il in the columns of the
Florida Herald.
The affidavit of Gr. C.. III. Jones we do
not repubIish because it has no bearing
on the present controversy. His falsity
has already been exposed So often that
nothing which might emanate from him
could affect the case after George +.
Drew had spoken.
The public will form its own Judgment
as To the following:
TALLAHASSEE. FLA, April :. 1854
Hon. John 2. Graves jacksonville:
DEAR SIR Your favor of the 4th
reached me on yesterday evening. and 1
reply by first mail. You state that IL
occurs to you that the time has arrived
for me To speak with reference To- the
bargain alleged to have been made
between Mr.. &. III. Jones. of the Times
Union. and myself. In reference to
YOUR wishes. 1 will state what | have
often said:
Ihare Hertr mdie any bargain. agree
MeHt or pFGHtSp. 20 assist MI Z. III.
Jones. or any one else To the position now
filed bv Senator Call nor have L been
requested To do So
1 have never EaTgained, agreed, or
promised with Mr.. Jones or anyone else,
to allow him or them To control or in
huence me rs regards Federal patronage,
should | be elected to the United States
Senate, nor has anyone ever spoken to
me about it.
1 have never bargained. agreed or
promised to support amy particular man
for Governor. but. of course expect to
support the Democratic nominee.
| have no agreement regarding Sena-
tor Call | will differ with him or
agree with him as my Judgment die
tates, should 90 to the Senate.
Very respectfully,
w. ID. BLOXHAM.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
I'VE Bought Them for Mr.. Eaeeher.'

An affecting incident in connection
with the funeral of the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher was told by Mrs. Beecher
To the Rev. DIR. Dunn. oar readers will
remember that DR. Dunn told in his SER
mon ON the great preacher how he, put
his arms around two little street Arabs
who had ventured into Plymouth
Church at the close of the services "a lis
ten to the music. During one of the
days when the mortal remains of
Mr.. Beecher laid in state in the church
two ragged little boys came into the
church bearing lilies in their hands.
I'VE bought them for Mr. Beecher, =
they said to the Rev. Mr.. Halliday. ner-
vously. He conducted them to the
coffin. When they saw the
fower-covered casket they ex-
claimed; My, How many flowers.
There's no room for ours. We
bought them for Mr.. Beecher~ He
asked them gently if they wished to add
them to the other floral tributes. They
were rather uncertain but repeated with
child-like pertinacity 1--WE bought them
for Mr.. Beecher, sir" Perhaps YOU
had better send them To Mrs Beecher,"
Mr.. Halliday suggested. YES, sir,
said the spokesman, gathering the flow
ers and handing them to Plymouth's as
sociate pastor, Tell her we bought
them for Mr.. Beecher." Then they de
parted well satisfied They were among
the lads whom MIR. Beecher had gathered
To him as his Master gathered the little
ones in Judea, and said suffer them To
come unto: me-"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10
Orlando Ikn..nrri-

The explicit answer of Brother Gore tn
the Explicit IHSlrer of the editor of the
Tunes Union on the Bloxham bargain.
places the boss of the great and good r. U.
again in an attitude of defense The
OrdRge County Reporter gives as its au-
thorities for the truth of its intimations
of a sentorial bargain. two men whose
statements Will not be doubted by their
feliow-citizens. namely. State Senator ).
\. Mann and Ex-Governor Geo. r. Drew
Ii Jones can obtain their denial of the
conversations said to have been had with
them then the vindication of himself and
Bloxham viii he complete; but if they
remain silent-what then?
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-10

The Tampa Journal is too previous in
backing down If it had waited a min
ute we would have furnished: our con-
temporary with the information for
which it called The Journal assures
the public that it has not lied" but it il
equally evident that it told the truth
without knowing it, or there need have
been no apology before all the facts were
before the court or call for help in the
words: 1T is now time for some one
else to speak